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IAF claims 'irrefutable evidence' of shooting down Pakistan F-16

Air Vice Marshal R G K Kapoor showed journalists radar images to assert the Indian Air Force's claims

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BS Web Desk New Delhi
India on Monday said it has "irrefutable evidence" that it shot down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet in an aerial combat on February 27, responding after an American news publication doubted its claim.

Air Vice Marshal R G K Kapoor showed journalists radar images to prove Indian Air Force's (IAF) claim. "The IAF has irrefutable evidence of not only the fact that F-16 was used by Pakistan Air Force on February 27, but also that an IAF Mig 21 Bison shot down a Pakistan Air Force F-16," Kapoor said.

"There is no doubt that two aircraft went down in the aerial engagement